Tool handle



Oct. 12 1926.

1,602,558 w. H. STEVENS ToL HANDLE Filed o'ct. '18, 1922 l Patented Gct.12, A1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HATTON STEVENS, OF HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Toor. HANDLE.

Application filed October 18, 1922.

The handle of my invention is adapted Jfor shovels, spades, forks andthe like, and it is esigned to provide an improved construction atreduced cost.

The handle is characterized, in its preferred form, by the combinationof a wood stem with a D-top or hand piece having its base, clevis andgrip formed of an integral homogeneous block of hardened plasticvegetable material molded around the handhole and containing a socketfor the stein or shai't.

A preferred form of my D-handle is set out in the following descriptionand the accompanying illustration thereof.

In the illustrations, Fig. 1 is an elevation representing both the frontand back view t the top of a handle embodying a preferred 'form of myinvention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2*-2X of Fig.

and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the The handle illustratedcomprises the wood stem or sha'lt 1 having the reduced. top 2 to providea species of tenon for enagement in the D-hand piece 3 to be fixed tothe stem or shaft.

Serial No. 595,442.

and the part 2 is set in this bushing, the bottom of the part 3 and ofthe part 4i abutting against the shoulder 5 ot' the stem. A bolt 35 orrivet 6 passes through the parts 2, 3 and l transversely to the parts 2and I and parallel to the front and back of the part 3.

n The part 3 can be made of various fibrous materials mixed with variousbinders, as 40 help pulp, sawdust or ground leather mixed with casein orplaster bakelite, suitably in equal parts thoroughly mixed, molded andthe molded form baked.

This handle is strong, durable and ineX- pensive, avoiding the wasteinvolved in allwood D-handles.

In this 'form o'l' my invention, which differs speciiically from that ofmy patent No. 1,565,599, the handle can be produced at lower cost withsome sacrifice in the strength which characterizes the handle of suchpatent, but with the provision of a handle that is generallysatisfactory.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A tool handle comprising a D-hand piece having its base, clevis and gripformed of an integral homogeneous block of hardened plastic vegetablematerial molded around a handhole and containing a socket for a shaft.

Signed at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania,this 16th day of October, 1922.

WILLIAM HATTON STEVENS.

